Legendary star

Chapter 70 Three Point Contest
"Hello, audience friends. Today I bring you the All-Star 3-Point Contest." On February 2000, 2, the day before the All-Star Game on Saturday, today's Oakland Arena will hold two very important games. One of the competitions is the All-Star 12-point contest, followed by the much-anticipated All-Star Slam Dunk Contest.

The first thing to do is the All-Star 3-point contest. Today’s 3-point contest can be said to have gathered all the 3-point players in the entire league, from Jazz defending champion Jeff Hornacek to Bucks player Ray Allen. Mike Bibby of the Grizzlies, Allen Iverson of the 76ers, Dirk Nowitzki and his teammate Hubert Davis of the Mavericks, Bob Sura of the Cavaliers and Meng Xu of the Spurs , a total of 8 people will participate in this year's 3-point contest, and the NBA also invited the three-time All-Star 3-point contest champion Larry Bird and Craig Hodges to serve as guest commentators for this game.

"Haha, Meng, are you ready to bring back the trophy for today's game?" Just as all the participating players walked out of the player tunnel, Jeff Hornacek, the defending champion of the 3-point contest, looked at Meng Xu.

No matter what Meng Xu said to the group of reporters yesterday, almost all the headlines in the sports newspapers this morning belonged to Meng Xu, not because Meng Xu won the MVP of the Rookie Challenge, but because of Meng Xu's wild words, "I You can win the championship with your eyes closed", countless newspapers used this sentence as the headline on the front page, and as the defending champion, Jeff Hornacek was obviously very upset with Meng Xu after seeing such news Yes, it's obvious that he wants to step on his own position.

"Of course." Meng Xu winked at Jeff Hornacek, walked to the sidelines and sat down. After the 8 participating players were seated, it was obvious that they were divided into several small groups. As veterans Jeff Hornacek and Hubert Davis sat together, while Allen Iverson and the same grade Mesozoic players such as rookie Ray Allen and Bob Sura sat together, and the rest of Dirk Nowitzki and Mike Bibby sat closer to Meng Xu.

"Meng, your performance yesterday was great." After sitting down, Nowitzki also chatted with Meng Xu. They are also international players, and they still have a lot in common.

"Thank you, Dirk, you are also very good." Meng Xu said as he glanced at the several participating players on the field, already thinking about the game that will start in half an hour.

"Larry, which player do you like the most in today's game? Do you think your successor can enter the finals? This little guy raves that he can win the championship with his eyes closed. Compared with you back then, he is really nothing. Not bad." When the DJ at the scene began to introduce all the players participating in this year to the audience, Craig Hodges in the commentary also looked at Larry Bird with some amusement.

"Hahaha, that's true, this little guy really looks like me." Larry Bird looked at Meng Xu who was waving to the audience in the middle of the court, and smiled: "There are many factors for winning the championship, but I think He has no problem reaching this year's final."

Larry Bird had also read the headlines in the newspaper this morning. Larry Bird was also a little speechless about the little guy's raving words. If he won the championship, then his words would be the same as his own. Are you all here to fight for the second child?" It has become another classic in the 3-point shooting contest, but if he fails, it will be the same as Jordan's 5 points, and it will become a stain that he will never get rid of in his life.

This year's All-Star 3-point contest has not changed much from usual. There are a total of 5 shooting points, two bottom corners on the left and right, two 45-degree angles on the left and right, and the arc top of the 3-point line. 5 point for each orange ball, 4 points for the last bouquet ball, 1 minutes for a full score of 2 points.It is still divided into two rounds. The three players with the best scores in the first round will enter the finals.Judging from the competition results in recent years, as long as you score 2 points, you can enter the finals, or even become the champion. You must know that in the previous 30 3-point competitions, only 1 times won the championship with more than 20 points. The highest score record in the final was only 12 points.

Allen Iverson played first. Iverson is obviously not a competitive shooter. After 5 points and 25 basketball shots, he only hit 9 balls and scored 10 points. Iverson smiled awkwardly when he left the field Laughing, I waved to the fans in the audience to thank. After returning to his seat, Iverson got dressed. It is basically impossible to enter the final with such a result.

The second fan, Mike Bibby, had worse results than Iverson. As a rookie last year, Mike Bibby was obviously a little nervous, and finally scored 9 points, which is basically determined to be at the bottom.

The third player to play is Nowitzki. As a big man with 3 meters, being able to participate in the 2-point contest itself is an affirmation of his 13-point ability. After Nowitzki played, he really gave the audience It brought a lot of surprises. Except that the first two points were a little crooked, the last three points were all 3 of 3 shots, and a total of 3 points were scored. Such points can already win the championship in previous years.

Bob Sura and Hubert Davis, who played next, performed mediocrely, scoring 13 and 14 points respectively, and Ray Allen, the third-to-last player in this year's 3-point contest, played the most. After being called Reggie Miller, the best shooter in the league did not disappoint everyone, hitting 3 goals in a row in the middle 3 points, and finally temporarily ranked first with 14 points.

The next defending champion Jeff Hornacek's appearance brought a big climax to the audience. The 37-year-old veteran once again left Ray Allen behind with a record-breaking 24 points. .

When Jeff Hornacek left the field, there was an uproar in the press box. Three of the seven players in front scored more than 7 points in the first round, and Meng Xu, who was the last to play, had to score 3 points. points to enter the final.

"This arrogant rookie is likely to be eliminated in the first round. Hahaha, he said that he can win the championship with his eyes closed." The reporter of the New York Times was the most excited one at this time. The reporters of the New York Times hated taking their wives. Since Meng Xu entered the league, they have been slammed by them. The headline of the sports section of the New York Times this morning is, the most arrogant rookie in history.

"Meng, come on." When Meng Xu was about to play, Iverson's voice came from behind him. At this time, the eyes of the audience were also focused on Meng Xu.

"Yeah." Meng Xu looked back at Iverson and nodded, 21 points, at least 21 points to enter the final, this score is not easy, you must know that 3 points from the corner is Meng Xu's shortcoming, he wants to enter the final First of all, it is necessary to ensure that the three points in the middle cannot be lost, and at least 3 to 3 points must be scored for the two positions in the bottom corner to make up enough points to enter the finals.

(End of this chapter)